The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1918, Page 1

COMMUNITY SING AT THE AUDITORIUM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 130. _CHEMICAL PLANT BLOWS: UP: SCORES DEAD GERMAN LOSSES GROW WITH CLEARER DETAILS 100 EMPLOYES. DIE IN SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS Large Number Killed and Prop- || erty Loss of $1,000,000 Reported CAUGHT SEEKING ESCAPE Warning Given by First Shock Resulted in Stampede of Chemical Workers Pittsburgh, Pa., May 18.—A series of explosions in the Oak- dale plant of the Aetna Chem- ical Co., west of here, on the Pan- handle railroad, soon after noon today, probably cost the lives of | 100 persons and did property damage which is estimated at $1,000,000. The explosion fired the debris, which is still burn- ing and officers of the company say that days may pass before the exact loss of life will be known. The first explosion occurred at noon and was so slight that no one was hurt and caused little damage. But it gave the em- ployes warning and they hurried | from the buildings. Many o them, however, were caught ii the next explosion, which oc- curred afew minutes later, and immediately. the plant burst in- to flames. Three other explo- sions occurred, each one scatter- ing the debris. among the. crowds which gath- ered on‘ the hillsides and-several; were hurt, but no ofte was killed: — SUNE 5: FIXED REGISTRATION | ‘DAY FOR DRAFT Young Men Who H: Who : Have’ Become 21 in Last Year Will Sign Up Then with U.S. 6,000 IN NORTH DAKOTA Washington, D. C., May 18.—June 5 has been fixed as the date for regis- tration of youths who have attained 21 years since the army registration Jast year. The resolution authoriz- ing the new registration is awaiting the president’s signature, but prepara- tions have been completed for carry- ing it into effect. On a ten per cent basis, the war department anticipates a registration of 6,000 in North Dakota and 184 in Burleigh county. Because so many of our young men have enlisted ‘as soon as they became of age, or be-j fore, the actual number of registra- tions June 5 probaDly will not be more than 5.000. All registering will be done at the county seats, and there is imposed upon young men who have become 21 since the last registration day the same obligations which rest- ed on their more mature brothers at that date. It is estimated that about 800,000 men available for military service will ve found among the new registrants this year. June 5 it is planned to have quarterly registrations. ENSIGN THOUGHT DEAD SHOWS UP Washington, D. . May 18.—En- sign BE. A. Stone, U. S. naval reserve, of Norfolk, Va., given up as drowned in the English channel last month, has arrived safely in Lonlon accord- ing to information received here from the London representative of the com- mittee on public information. DUNN COUNTY COUNCIL Mrs. F. L. Conklin Organizing Committee Today Killdeer, N. D., May 18.—Mrs. F. Conklin of Bismarck is here today to supervise the organization of the Dunn county council of the women’s committee of the national defense council. The women of Dunn county are meeting this afternoon and tomor- row at the famous Kuskelly ranch at Oakdale. where Mrs. Conklin. state chairman of the women's council, wil! address them. Mrs. W. S. Kuskelly, the hostess, has been named chairman of the Dunn county council, and prom- inent women workers from all parts of the county are meeting at her home. i ~Some of it fell] During the year beginning | L.| activity north and south of the Avro river on the ‘Amiens front is report-} ed in today's official statement | | THREE BIG SHIPS | LOADED WITH GRAIN | REACH FRENCH PORT | | Geneva, May 18.—Three | { large vessels loaded with‘) cereals destined for Switzer- |} | land and escorted by an! | American warship, have ar- rived safely at a French port, | according to the Tageblatt of \ | | Berne. | ——___________$ NORTH DAKOTA IW, W. LEADER BLOCKED BOATS Man Who Said Minot Was Too Cowardly to Bother Wob- | | blies Headed Plot i GANG CONTROLLED SHIPS Advised Haywood That His Of-! ficers Had Vessels Com- pletely in Hand | May 18.—To James Chicago, IIl., Phillips, secretary of the marine transport branch of the Industrial Workers*of the World, was assigned the duty of tying up Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping last summer unless pub- lic opposition to members ceased. ac- cording to evidence presented today in! the trial of 112 leaders of theorganiz- ation. + Incensed over the lynching of Frank Little in Montana, Phillips called a mass meeting in Boston on August 6 last and wired President Wilson, threatening to call a general strike in shipping yards “unless these things stop.” Government ‘counsel charges the Proposed general strike was only @ part of sthe® organization’s plans. to. halt industry and upset the nation’s, war measures, for which the leaders are charged with violation of the es- pionage act. 1. W. W. Controlled the Boats. So well did Phillips have the situa- tion in hand, according to his per- sonal correspondence’with William D. Hawyood, general secretary treasurer, who directed his work, that on July 19 he advised the membership through Solidarity, an official organ, “that of- ficers on I. W. W. controlled boats” were forced to treat the men with re- spect. Was in North Dakota. Beforé beginning his activities in the east, Phillips was an organizer in | North Dakota. for some ting aking his headquarters in Minot, From this point in wos ‘het kept |Haywood informed of the progress ‘being made ‘by the organization in the northwest. Late in 1915 he advised 5|the Chicago hedaquarters of the ar- ’|rest and conviction of a number of |members. He said there was such important work ahead he could not stop even tq fight the police. Had Town Buffaloed. Later he advised Haywood that the; | North Dakota police “now are too cow- ardly to bother us when there are, plenty of the [. W. W. in town.” He added that splendid progress was }being made, that the railroad men were joining rapidly in North Dakota, , and requested liberal supplies of lit-| erature. His reason for leaving the north: west was not made known in the cor- respondence, PERSHING IS OUTWITHNEW COMMUNIQUE General in Command of Ameri- | can Forces Tells of Bring- ing Down Hun Plane VIOLENT ARTILLERY FIRE Washington, D. C., May 18--An- other official American communique from General Pershing was made pub- lic today by the war department General Pershing transmitied ce: tails uf the bringing down of two German airplanes by Captain Peter- son of the. American army while av- iators were waiting for a French gen- eral coming to confer decorations. VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. London. May 18.—Violent artiliery AIRPLANE RAID. FAILS. Paris, May 18.—German aeroplanes attempted to bomb Paris last night but did not were dropped on outlying suburbs. + BIG GUNS IN FLANDERS. London. Eng., May 18.—Heavy ar- tillery fighting last night between reach the city. Bombs | ISAMMIES HOLD LONGER FRONT Our Troops Exceeded in Defen- sive Operations Only by French and British DEAD CALM CONTINUES In Spite of Fair Weather, Long Anticipated German Blow Is Not Struck Washington, May 18.—The Am- erican expeditionary force has be- come such a military factor on the western battle front, members of the. senate military committee were advised today at their week- ly conference with Secretary Bak- er, that they now rank third with the mileage held. The French hold the most mileage, the Brit- ish rank second, and Americans third, exceeding the mileage held by the Belgians. (Associated Press.) The front lines forces of General Pershing, the senators were told, are divided in four sections, all known as the French front, but other Amer- ican troops were at the front on the lineg as well in training with French and British troops, The senators ex- pressed the great gratification at the extent of American front line a tivity. One of the four American sectors, near Montidider, was said to. be of much. activity and much importance in thé Allied plans. The officers described in detail the air craft situation at American fronts. Reports on aircraft production in this country were said by the senators later .to be still disappointing without, much improvement in the general sit- uation. Improvemen in ordinance and other production was supported by the.’ war -.council’’ ‘American troops. ave bétng.sent abroad” with great rapidity. The transportation outlook was said to be promising, althouga problems of supplying the American forces abroad are said to be increas- ing because ‘of the rapidly mountng size of the American expedition. Fair weather during the last few. days and: great increase in aerial ac- tivity have not resulted in renewa) of heavy artillery fighting. The arti’- lery duels go on most violently on most sectors, but neither German infaniry nor artillery display the activity which ‘usually mark the coming of a blow against the allied lines. ‘The enemy, it is believed in London, is prejaring for a mighty attack in greater force possibly than the smash on March 21st. The allied artillery is causing havoc with German prep arations near the front line, while their railway stations and billets hind the line dre almost under a con- tinuous rain of bombs dropped by allied airmen. Both Sides Stronger. Enemy artillery and. manpower con- centrations probably — will | become stronger as Field Marshal Von Hin- denberg delays a new advance, but the allied defense gained strength in the same ratio, and a new source of fighting power—the American army— grows, in power. General Pershing’s men are now on both the important battle fronts, Flanders and Picardy, but in what numbers is not disclosed. Their coming. however, is having a ;great moral effect on the British and French. The longer the German delay |the greater the American aid wil be come. if THAN BELGIANS | ! COURT MARTIAL TRIAL FOR CZAR NICHOLAS Amsterdam, May 18.— emperor of Russia, will be | tried by a court martial in | Moscow the latter part of | oy | 1 i Nicholas’ Romanoff, former | | June, according to a Berlin | | 2 HUN DIVISIONS LOST AS HIGH AS 70 PER GENT Definite Figures Show Extent to Which Kaiser Has Sacri- ficed Human Life CALLING THE 1920 CLASSES Desperateness of Teutonic Cause Indicated by Demand on Deferred Quotas London, May 18.—The most definite figures yet announced tegarding Ger. man losses on the western front this spring have been give nto the Asso- ciated Press: Since the beginning of the offensive on March 21, 206 Ger- man divisions havé been on the west-| ern front, of which 126,actually have| been engaged on the Somme and. Ar: mentieres fronts. The 208th German division, which was one of those suffering most heav- ily lost 70 per cent of its effectives. known to have lost mare than Seven other German divisions” are known to have lost more: than 50 per cent and at least seven other divisions are named as having lost 40.to 50 per cent. ‘Only. fortys.mén to, ‘the com- pany were left in the ‘119th division, after the fighting of Mach’ ?2, and 23, The’ first division. was’ in similar straits on ‘March 28 and the 234th di- vision was weakened similarly .on April 6. One regiment of the 4th Er. satz division virtually was annihilated on April 9, and there are.scores of in- stances of companies and battalions which disappeared almost completely. While it is impossible to. make any exact estimate of the eGrman losses, it is suficiently evident that the ene my casualties have been exceedingly heavy. One evidence of this fact is that the Germans after calling upon al availadle resources depots in the western area have already been com- pelled to draft into the crippled di- visions men drawn from Germany it- self, including those of the 1920 class. “rom this, it may be concluded that e-| the demand for men to replace losses has been greater than reserve cen ters could supply. LINDBERGH WANTS AN ARMED GUARD! Fairmont, Minn., inn, May 18.—C. A. Lindbergh, Nonpartisan candidate for the ‘Nonpartisan nomination for g0Vv-| | ernor, has wired the sheriff's of ‘Mar- tin and Watonwan counties asking for]? protection in the event he visits the counties to make campaign speeches. The telegram asks for permission to hold the campaign -meetings and that no harm comes to the speakers while they are in the counties. Sheriff Lee said last night that he would pro- tect the candidates as long as the meetings were loyal. ' - ‘THE MAP OF IRELAND * Givenchy and Robecq, on the Flanders salient, fice. is reported by the war of-| J | from Dublin. Figgis. GEORGIA LYNCHES ii i Valdosta, Ga., May 18.— I | Will Head and Will Thomp- | | son, negroes, implicated in | | the murder of Hampton | Smith and shooting of Mrs. | Smith at Barney on Thur: | day night, were lynched last | night. Head is said to have | | confessed a plot against the | | Smiths. | BUSY WEEK AHEAD FOR CANDIDATES [Only Seven Days Remain for Fil- ing of Petitions ext Saturday is the last date upon YY | which petitions for state and legisla- | tive offices may legally be filed witn the secretary of state for the primary election June 26. Not a single peti- tion has been received to date, and on the secretary of state’s force next j week. Petitions for state o! e may | contain not less than 300 names. ‘Many of them will contain ten times that and the task of i (number and more, i i | will be no small on In_ response to inquiry reaching hi 'y of State Tom Hall states that under decision of the supreme court in 1907 no filing fees may be collected from | candidates filing nominating petition ‘iwth the secretary of state. | of Johnson vs. the 22nd North Dakota reports. Ss << John Dillon PRESIDENT OF SINN FEINN, DR. JOHN DILLON AND.OTHER NOTABLES ARE IN CUSTODY London, May 18.—Prof. Edward de Valera, president of the Sinn Feinn; Arthur Griffiths, founder of the Sinn | Feinn; Countess Markievicz, Dr. Dillon and William Cos- grave, Sinn Feinn member of parliament for Kilkenny, have been arrested, according to an Exchange Telegraph | Additional arrests in Ireland, reported in a Times dispatch from Dublin, include Dr. Hayes and ‘Darrell [ NEGRO NCHS ons | U. 5. PROUD T0 ||President Extends Compliments o several hundred of these will pile in| ‘counting and verifying the sleuauires | res of letters ot | This de-} » may be found in} | other business common to all roads. BE OF ALLIES SAYS WILSON of America to France on Eve of Offensive A BROTHERHOOD OF ARMS Paris, May 18.—On the eve of | the great German offensive, says | {an official note here today, Ae ident Wilson, anxious to addre! a message to the French sapie | has asked one of his personal: friends, James Kerney, director | of the Franco-American commit- tee on public information, to con- vey the following to them: | “The people of the United States is happy to find itself in, the brotherhood of arms with the people of France in a war) in which eveyr man who loves: right ought to be proud to take| part.” | HEADS PASENGER MEN St. Paul, May 18.--Cal Stone, pas- nger traffic manager of the Great orthern railroad, has been appointed | airman of committee in charge of} all railroad passenger business in St. Paul. it was announced tod: The committee 1 consolidate t t of: fices, dispose of leaves and transact “1 AM STILL OPTIMISTIC ENOUGH | ‘TO BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE PEACE THIS YEAR,” SAYS VON HERTLING, Amsterdam, May 18.—“I am still optimistic enough to believe we shall have peace this year,” Chancellor Count von Hertling in an interview with the Budapest newspapers, Av Est. “I cherish firm confidence that further events in the west will bring us nearer a speedy end of the war. If the ,world should one day unite into an international peace,” added Count von Hertling, “Germany would un- hesitatingly and joyfully join in it. Unfortunately pres- ent conditions give very little hope of that. Our desire is to win and preserve peace.” id German 1m | city folk attended. Alleged Irish Conspiracy With Germany Results in Arrests of Great Leaders IS TREASONABLE COMMUNICATION WITH ENEMY Proclamation Issued Calling for Voluntary Enlistments to Put Down Plot NUMBER IN SCHEME SMALL Rebellious Acts Believed Con- fined to Small Coterie of Known Agitators London, Eng., May 18.—Ire- land and Irish affairs again have come to the fore. Discov- ery of a German plot involving certain persons in Ireland was announced last night in Dublin by the issuance of a proclama- tion signed by. Edward Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, in the name of the lord lieutenant, Viscount French. The proclamation assérts that British subjects resident in Ire- land have entered into treason- able communication with the German enemy, and calls for drastic measures to.put down the German plot. Voluntary: recruit- ing is urged in order, that com- pulsion may be avoided and that the Irish may assist in putting down the conspiracy. MANY ARRESTS (MADE Communication with Dublin is slow, but a dispatch to! thé Times says that a large number of per- sons already. have been arrested in Dublin and other parts of Ire- land. The number of Irish in coop- eration with the enemy is said to be very small. There have been various hints recently of German activity’in the Sinn Feinn ranks and there has been no full explanation of recent ar- rests, including that of a man who landed on the Irish coast from a German submarine in a collapsible boat. ACTED NONE TOO SOON, Dublin, (By the Associated Press), The Irish Times today says government has not acted too soon as all indications pointed to another outbreak of violence. ‘ALLIES READY FOR DEFENSIVE IN FAR EAST | Japan and China China Informed That Entente Is Prepared to Act When Needed WASHINGTON IS ADVISED Paris, Friday, May 17.—Japan and China have been informed by the al- lied governments that they have ar- ranged for allied military cooperation to meet the dangers threatening the peace of the Far East from German penetration. PURELY DEFENSIVE MEASURE. Wash, D. C.. ‘May 18.—The allied milita: cooperation arranged to meet threats to the peace of the Far by German penetration, as re- today from Paris, is recog- here as__purel, defensive in which participation for ent wil be confined to Japan Its primary purpose is feguarding of Manchuria with lity o fits extension to Si- ported nized mes the pri and China. the MOFFIT RED CROSS RALLY EARNS CAUSE GOOD SUM Moffit. N. 1 May a 48.—An enjoyable Red Cro: patriatie rally,-playlet and dance given at the Moffit town hall netted $97 for the Burleigh county Red Cross treasury. O'Connor's or- chestra of Bismarck furnished the sic, and a large number of capital